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Aug 29, 2006
  • Doug Boyd

Plan sets goals to reduce obesity in county, state

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   State and local agencies, schools, businesses, health care professionals and others will have to work together to help turn the tide of obesity, according to...

Aug 28, 2006
  • Crystal Baity

Krupa appointed honorary U.S. Navy nurse

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   East Carolina University School of Nursing assistant professor Karen Krupa was recently appointed honorary lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps. Krupa first became...

Aug 28, 2006
  • ECU News Services

ECU Chemist receives Harriot College honor

GREENVILLE, NC  —   Robert C. Morrison was named the 2006 distinguished professor of the Harriot College of Arts and Sciences. A longtime professor of chemistry at East Carolina University,...

Aug 28, 2006
  • ECU News Services

ECU professor pens book about black health, food choice

GREENVILLE, NC  —   In his book, "Food Choice and Obesity in Black America: Creating a New Cultural Diet," (2006 Praeger, Westport, Conn.) Eric J. Bailey examines social and cultural...

Aug 18, 2006
  • ECU News Services

ECU welcomes students to campus

GREENVILLE, NC  —   East Carolina University welcomed back students and faculty this week as the university prepares for the first day of classes Aug. 23. Approximately 23,500 students are...

Aug 18, 2006
  • ECU News Services

NCLR 2006 features children’s literature

GREENVILLE, NC  —   Children's literature is the focus of the 2006 North Carolina Literary Review. The literary journal, housed in East Carolina University's English department, just published its 15th...

Aug 09, 2006
  • ECU News Services

Boyer names director of ECU library services

GREENVILLE, NC  —   East Carolina University has named Larry Boyer as director of Academic Library Services. Boyer, who comes from Appalachian State University, will begin his post Oct. 2....

Aug 08, 2006
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Annual white coat ceremony scheduled for Aug. 11

GREENVILLE, N.C.  —   The Class of 2010 of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University will be welcomed officially at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11 during the...

Aug 06, 2006
  • ECU News Services

Grant bolsters scholarship for ECU librarian program

GREENVILLE, NC  —   East Carolina University' Department of Library Science and Instructional Technology received a $737,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to increase the number...

Aug 03, 2006
  • Doug Boyd

Local ‘Champions of Change in Medicine’ recognized

GREENVILLE, N.C.   —   An East Carolina University physician who's led efforts to deliver health care to underserved populations and a program to help children manage their asthma have...